The title of Count of Zutphen historically belonged to the ruler of the
Dutch province of
Gelderland
Gelderland (), also known as Guelders () in English, is a province of the Netherlands, occupying the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by ...
(
Zutphen being one of the major cities in the province during the
medieval
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...
period). The lordship was a vassal title before it eventually become a county itself
The line of the Counts of Zutphen became extinct in the 12th century and the title passed again onto the rulers of
Guelders
The Duchy of Guelders ( nl, Gelre, french: Gueldre, german: Geldern) is a historical duchy, previously county, of the Holy Roman Empire, located in the Low Countries.
Geography
The duchy was named after the town of Geldern (''Gelder'') in p ...
, which eventually sold its titles to the
duke of Burgundy
Duke of Burgundy (french: duc de Bourgogne) was a title used by the rulers of the Duchy of Burgundy, from its establishment in 843 to its annexation by France in 1477, and later by Holy Roman Emperors and Kings of Spain from the House of Habsburg ...
. After the
Guelders Wars
The Guelders Wars (, German: ''Geldrische Erbfolgekriege'') were a series of conflicts in the Low Countries between the Duke of Burgundy, who controlled Holland, Flanders, Brabant, and Hainaut on the one side, and Charles, Duke of Guelders, ...
, both Guelders and Zupthen ended as part of the
Spanish Netherlands
Spanish Netherlands ( Spanish: Países Bajos Españoles; Dutch: Spaanse Nederlanden; French: Pays-Bas espagnols; German: Spanische Niederlande.) (historically in Spanish: ''Flandes'', the name "Flanders" was used as a '' pars pro toto'') was the ...
until Gelderland became one of the provinces to revolt and form the
United Provinces.
Lords of Zutphen
* 920 – 998/1001:
Megingoz of Guelders († ap. 998/1001)
*:Married
Gerberga of Lorraine
Gerberga of Lorraine (c. 925–995) was a lady of the highest European nobility who became the wife of Megingoz of Guelders around 945.
She was a daughter of Godfrey, Count Palatine of Lotharingia and Ermentrude, possibly the eldest daughte ...
* 1002-1025:
Otton Ier de Hammerstein († 1036), comte de Hamaland, fils d'Herbert, comte dans le Kinziggau, et d'Ermentrude, elle-même fille de Mégingoz et de Gerberge
*:marié à Ermengarde de Verdun
* 1025-1031:
Luidolf of Lotharingia († 1031)
*:marié en 1025 à Mathilde de Hammerstein, fille du précédent
* 1031-1033:
Henri Ier le Vieux († 1118), fils des précédents
* 1033-1042:
Conrad Ier († 1055),
duc de Bavière (''Conrad II'') de 1049 à 1053, frère du précédent
*: mariée à Judith de Schweinfurt († 1106)
* 1042-1044:
Gothelon Ier de Verdun,
duc de Basse-Lotharingie, frère d'Ermengarde de Verdun.
* 1044-1046:
Godefroy II, duc de Basse-Lotharingie, fils du précédent
* 1046-1063:
Gottschalk de Twente († 1063)
*: marié à Adélaïde, sœur de Conrad Ier
* 1062-1101:
Otto II the Rich († 1113), son of the former
The House of Zutphen comes into existence in 1018 when Otto of Hammerstein becomes the first Lord of Zutphen. In 1046 Henry III, emperor of Germany gives Zutphen to Bishop Bernold of Utrecht. The Lords of Zutphen do not recognize this gift, which leads to some confusion regarding who actually owns Zutphen.
* (1018 - 1025) Otto of Hammerstein
* (1025 - 1031) Ludolf Ezzonen, receives Zutphen when he marries Mathilda, daughter of Otto of Hammerstein, Lord of Zutphen
After Ludolf's death it is possible that Zutphen was always intended for Adelheid of Zutphen. It would eventually go to her husband Gottschalk.
* (1046 - 1063)
Gottschalk of Zutphen Lord of Zutphen though his marriage to Adelheid of Zutphen, daughter of Ludolf and Mathilda
* 1063-1101:
Otto II the Rich († 1113) Lord of Zutphen from 1063 until 1101, when he is elevated to Count of Zutphen.
Counts of Zutphen
* 1101-1113:
Otto II the Rich († 1113) Made Count of Zutphen in 1101
*: married Judith of Arnstein
* 1113-1127:
Henri II the elder († 1127), son of the former
* 1127-1138:
Ermengarde († 1138), sister of the former, married:
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Gerard II († 1131),
count of Guelders and of Wassenberg
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Conrad II
Conrad II ( – 4 June 1039), also known as and , was the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire from 1027 until his death in 1039. The first of a succession of four Salian emperors, who reigned for one century until 1125, Conrad ruled the kingdoms ...
(† 1136),
count of Luxembourg
* 1138-1182:
Henry III († 1182), count of Guelders and of Zutphen
Counts of Guelders
Sources
Genealogy of the count of Zutphen{{in lang, nl
Zutphen
County of Zutphen
Zutphen
States and territories disestablished in the 1180s